{"id":52344,"date":"2016-09-30T11:27:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/supreme\/legal-commentary\/joanna-grossman-archive-1.html"},"modified":"2016-09-30T11:27:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T16:27:00","slug":"joanna-grossman-archive-1","status":"publish","type":"supreme","link":"https:\/\/supreme.findlaw.com\/legal-commentary\/joanna-grossman-archive-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Joanna Grossman Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE CLASSROOM: THE STUDENT SUING HER PROFESSOR FOR CALLING HER MONICA LEWINSKY<\/a>\n\n
\nFindLaw columnist and Hofstra law professor Joanna Grossman discusses the \nongoing sexual harassment case of a SUNY student who is suing her professor, \nhis supervisors, and the university based on allegations that, in the \nclassroom, the professor called her “Monica Lewinsky” and made comments to \nher such as “Shut up, Monica. I’ll give you a cigar later.” Grossman \ndiscusses both the likelihood of the student’s being able to prove sexual \nharassment, and the difficult legal hurdles faced by plaintiffs who bring \nsexual harassment cases in the teacher-student context.\n\n
\n<\/span>\nTuesday, Feb. 13, 2001<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADOPTING ADULTS: AN ESTATE PLANNING DEVICE FOR GAY PARTNERS<\/a>\n\n
\nFindLaw columnist and Hofstra law professor Joanna Grossman discusses the \ninteresting Florida trusts and estates case of Rickard v. McKesson. In this \ncase, \nthe deceased’s gay lover — an adult whom the deceased had adopted before he \ndied — seeks to claim the proceeds of his estate. But the deceased \nniece, \nseeking her own share of the estate, claims the adoption was invalid. \nProfessor Grossman notes the benefits and the pitfalls, for gay partners in \nstates where gay marriages and civil unions remain illegal, of using adult \nadoption as an estate planning device.\n\n
\n<\/span>\nTuesday, Jan. 16, 2001<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR BIRTH CONTROL: THE EEOC SPEAKS<\/a>\n\n
\nThe EEOC’s recent ruling requiring employers, in some circumstances, to \nprovide insurance coverage for prescription contraceptives is likely to have \nnationwide repercussions. FindLaw columnist and Hofstra law professor Joanna \nGrossman explains the political and legal backdrop for the ruling; discusses \nthe ruling’s unusual reasoning (concluding that denial of such coverage is a \nform of pregnancy discrimination); and considers an alternative legal theory \nthat might also provide a solid justification for the ruling.\n\n
\n<\/span>\nTuesday, Jan. 02, 2001<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PREGNANCY AND PARTNERSHIP<\/a>\n\n
\nFindLaw columnist and Hofstra law professor Joanna Grossman discusses a \nrecent suit by a former law firm partner who alleges that she faced \ndiscrimination by the firm, due to her pregnancy. Professor Grossman \nexamines the protections the law now provides for employees who suffer \npregnancy discrimination; notes the trend to deny such protection to law \nfirm \npartners on the grounds that they are not employees; and contends that \nfemale \npartners deserve such protections too, if the glass ceiling is ever to be \nshattered.\n\n
\n<\/span>\nTuesday, Dec. 19, 2000<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEAUTY AND THE BILLIONAIRE – PART I<\/a>\n\n
\nIn Part One of a two-part series, FindLaw columnist and Hofstra law \nprofessor \nJoanna Grossman explains the legal principles that govern the ongoing trial \nin which Anna Nicole Smith contests the final will of her wealthy, deceased \nhusband — who apparently attempted to disinherit her completely.
\n<\/span>\nTuesday, Nov. 21, 2000<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n

BEAUTY AND THE BILLIONAIRE – PART II<\/a>\n\n
\nIn Part Two of a two-part series on the Anna Nicole Smith trial, FindLaw \ncolumnist and Hofstra law professor Joanna Grossman explains the \nintersection of Smith’s prior win in bankruptcy court with the ongoing trial \nin Houston, and weighs Smith’s likelihood of success in her current Texas \ntrial.\n\n
\n<\/span>\nTuesday, Dec. 05, 2000<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN LAW FIRMS<\/a>\n
\nSexual harassment law has recently been clarified by the Supreme Court. Law firms face the same risks as other employers, and they can protect themselves in the same ways. So why don’t they? Hofstra Professor and FindLaw columnist Joanna Grossman examines why the very firms that should know better are still hosts to harassers.
<\/span>\nFriday, Nov. 10, 2000<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n

WHAT’S IN A NAME? PART I<\/a>\n\n
\nIn Part One of a two-part series, Hofstra Law Professor and FindLaw \nColumnist Joanna Grossman explains why a New Jersey judge erred in ruling \nthat a lesbian could not hyphenate her surname with her partner’s.
\n<\/span>\nMonday, Oct. 16, 2000<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n

WHAT’S IN A NAME? PART II<\/a>\n\n
\nIn Part Two of a two-part series, Professor Grossman discusses the \nhistory of women’s fight for the right to use their birth name during \nmarriage or revert to it after divorce, and reflects on whether the sexist \nhistory of name changes should matter to same-sex couples.
\n<\/span>\nTuesday, Oct. 17, 2000<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n

WHO WANTS AN ANNULMENT?<\/a>\n\n
\nDrawing from the brief — but by no means uneventful — marriage of \nDarva Conger and Rick Rockwell, a Hofstra Law School professor explains \nthe ins and outs of annulment.
\n<\/span>\nTuesday, Jul. 11, 2000<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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